PARIS SENSATION. PROSECUTION OF A SISTER.
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. SUICIDE OF DOCTOR. By Telegraph.—Presi Association.—Copyright (Received May" 23, 9 a.m.) PARIS, 22nd May. In connection with the prosecution of Sister Candide, a well-known member of the Sisters of Charity, and the foundress of several hospitals, it has transpired that Dr. Petit, head of the Sister's charitable institutions, committed suicide. He left papers accusing Sister Candide of embezzlement. The newspaper ? r .itin states that Sister Candide's assets total £160,000 and her liabilities £320,000. It adds that there is evidence of unbusinesslike paying away of large sums of money without asking for receipts. [It is alleged that Sister Candide obtained £80,000 worth of jewels from fifteen jewellers on credit, and sold the jewels to patrons of charities. Sister Candide refused to tell the magistrate where the money was, and denied that she had pawned the jewels. She stated that the jewellers would be paid in due course.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1910, Page 7
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